Physics in antiquity: Concepts of the structure of the world from Thales to Aristotle (D. Ehlers). Astronomy and physical-technical knowledge (D. Ehlers). Physics in ancient China and India (until about 1600). Physical-technical knowledge in ancient China (S. Brentjes). Physical-technical knowledge in ancient India (S. Brentjes). Physics in the Middle Ages (about 500 to 1500). Physical-technical knowledge in the Islamic Empire (S. Brentjes). Physical-technical knowledge in the European Middle Ages (M. Franke). The formation of the discipline of physics (c. 1450 to 1800). The formation of the heliocentric view of the world (M. Franke). The formation and further development of classical mechanics (W. Schreier, W. Franke). The formation and further development of optics (J. Wittig). The development of the doctrines of electricity and magnetism in the 17th and 18th centuries (D. Goetz). The completion of classical physics (about 1780 to 1880). Technical mechanics (K. Mauersberger). The development of thermodynamics (H. Kant). The formation and recognition of the energy theorem (D. Hoffmann). The formation of thermodynamics (P. Jakubowski). The development of electro-physics (P. W.). The development of thermodynamics (P. W.). The development of thermodynamics (P. W.). The development of thermodynamics (P. W.). Jakubowski). The development of electrophysics in the 19th century (W. Schreier). The interrelationship of physics and technology and the formation of modern physics (ca. 1880-1920). Interactions between electrophysics and electrical engineering in the 19th century (W. Schreier). The roots and formation of modern atomic physics (P. Glatz). The roots and formation of special relativity (P. Glatz). Lines of development of modern physics (about 1920 to 1950). The formation of modern quantum physics (D. Hoffmann). The emergence and development of solid-state physics (H. Kant). The emergence and development of nuclear physics (H. Kant).